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Ryan Seacrest
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Michael
By quieting down certain neuronal networks bees sleep like humans. So they lie awake until 2am Wondering if they said hi In a weird way. To Brenda from Accounting. Yeah, I saw that study. The headline was intriguing and I haven't looked into it. Perhaps I will look into it. That sounds like something we could talk about. The whole bees, sleep like humans thing.
Ryan Seacrest
I'm blown away and I myself wondered.
Michael
If they wake up at two o' clock in the morning thinking, I just don't think I rank as high in the hive as I should.
Ryan Seacrest
Right, right. Oh, my God, the hive is leaking. And I know I need to deal with it because it'll just get worse. Right.
Michael
Or all this buzzing, where is it getting me?
Ryan Seacrest
I've got to admit, I've invested far too little time considering the sleep habits of bees.
Michael
Not to go back to the academic stuff, but I was, for some reason, this popped into my mind in this B thing. I have known a number of people, like academics, PhD type people, who had such narrow areas of study. And I'm amazed that you can focus on such a narrow thing for your whole career and not go crazy or lose interest. It's amazing.
Ryan Seacrest
Sleep habits of bees.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Michael
Or just bees in general. I mean. Yeah, anywho. More importantly. Wow, this could be huge. This report here from fox. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are readying subpoenas in case former President Biden's White House physician, Dr. Kevin O' Connor and four key staffers don't agree to a request for congressional interviews by the Thursday deadline. The committee is investigating the Biden administration's.
Joe Getty
Use of the auto pen to sign.
Michael
Pardons and executive orders, some still being challenged in court. Chairman James Comer tells FOX the committee could even call in former first Lady Jill Biden, the president's son Hunter, and former White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre. If the trail leads us to the next step, which many believe would be.
Ryan Seacrest
Perhaps Jill Biden and Hunter Biden, then we will go there.
Michael
So James Comer's got a bit of Adam Schiff in him in that he promises a number of things or suggests a number of things that don't happen. I mean, he's done that number quite a few times, actually.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, you got there before I did, you're right.
Michael
But if, for whatever reason, God, I, I, I gotta believe. Well, it's the Trump White House. I was about to say, I gotta believe that there would be a certain amount of norm breaking that quite a few people don't wanna do in terms of bringing up the former first lady and grilling her about what happened in the White House and then that becoming a regular thing after Every president leaves, you bring in their spouse and try to embarrass them.
Ryan Seacrest
Did he ever confide in you that he planned to bomb that. Right. You know, weapon site, right? Yeah, yeah. I, I don't love it.
Michael
But if they did, this is a, obviously in a unique case, there's a decent chance that. Well, let's, let's listen to James Comer. He kind of explains it here.
Ryan Seacrest
Someone got documents and manually placed them in the machine and pressed the power button to sign Joe Biden's signature. That was not Joe Biden. That was done by staffers. That would be done by any staffers. So we want to ask them who gave you the authority to use Joe Biden's signature? And we'll go from there. Obviously, we believe that some of the names like the Chief of Staff and perhaps the first lady were involved in a lot of the decision making. If that's where the trail leads, then we'll bring them in as well.
Michael
As I said, this is in handcuffs. This is a unique situation.
Ryan Seacrest
We will bring the first lady in and manacles if necessary. Did you see that hood over?
Michael
Did you see Hannibal Lecter? Yes, she'll have the Hannibal Lecter mask. She'll be on a dolly from Home Depot.
Ryan Seacrest
We'll roll strapped to a dolly. Yes, if necessary, if that's where the trail leads.
Michael
But as I said, it's a unique situation because of this. And I'll read from the Jake Tapper book. We've mentioned this several times, but reading from it now, five people were running the country. Now this is quoting one of their high level democratic sources in the Tapper Thompson book. Five people were running the country and Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board. Said one person familiar with the internal dynamic, a cabinet secretary, a cabinet secretary, told them this expressed a similar sentiment about that group. I've never seen a situation like this before with so few people having so much power they would make huge economic decisions without calling the Treasury Secretary Yellen. That's worth investigating, isn't it?
Ryan Seacrest
Yes, I, I think so. And the question of the auto pen as well, I think is legitimate. I'd like to know more about the conventional use of the auto pen, but. Yeah, who was in charge? To what extent were we not following the Constitution?
Michael
You know, the more I think about it, and we're yet Tim, the lawyer on later, he would probably point this out. Constitutionally speaking, those cabinet secretaries give advice to the President. He still gets to do what he wants. So if he decides to take his advice from that group of five people instead of Secretary Yellen on an economic matter, he gets to. That's not unconstitutional. It's not the way things are done. I mean, you have a cabinet secretary we don't know which one, saying, I'd never seen anything like this before. Major economic decisions being made without even talking to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Ryan Seacrest
Right, but you read my mind. Other than a couple of narrow questions that they might be able to answer about either the auto pen or something like that, you're never going to get any satisfaction because you can just go with no. Joe Biden preferred to give his Cabinet secretaries a more free hand, and that's where the discussion ends. Well, no, he wasn't really calling the shots. They were. Nah, he. He. That's his management style. You'll never get any satisfaction. You know, he's a delegator.
Michael
He delegates. That makes him a good leader.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, knowing more is always better than knowing less. But, yeah, this trail, other than a couple of fairly narrow questions, is not going to be satisfying.
Michael
But you got to admit, if they had Dr. Jill. First of all, doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Ryan Seacrest
Fake Dr. Jack.
Michael
They had Dr. Jill, a real doctor. And you know the way these hearings go, where the whole point is to, you know, grandstand and make a moment that's going to get on the news, or you can retweet. It would be pretty. It'd be pretty juicy. Almost guaranteed.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, to have Dr. Jill in there. Oh, my God. I would cancel everything. I would cancel, like, major heart surgery to watch that.
Michael
He is known to have not recognized George Clooney, who he knows very well. When he saw him at a fundraiser, he did not recognize or remember the name of his secretary of state. So, Ms. Biden, did he ever forget who you are? Did he ever look at you and seem to not recognize who you are? Hey, Esther, Those would be some. My name is not Esther.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, my God. That's funny, Michael. Well, she's a congenital liar and a.
Michael
Nut job, but you gotta admit, that'd be. That'd be pretty good.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh, pretty good. Again, please. Birth of a child. I'll see in a couple hours, honey. Dr. Jill's getting grilled on TV.
Michael
James Comer's really sticking it to Dr. Jill.
Ryan Seacrest
So I keep promising that I'm done with discussing the Tapper book. The Tapper, Alex. What's his name? Thompson. Who's the real reporter in this story? I really ought to try to remember his name. I keep promising I'm not going to talk about it. Anymore. But then my favorite writers take their shot at it. For instance, the brilliant, the hilarious Matt Taibi.
Michael
Oh, fantastic headline.
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I want you to have plenty of time to read Matt Taibe because I find his writing really, really good, man. He is, he is, he is a.
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Michael
And I want to talk about Elon leaving Doge and the way that's being treated and how we're doomed because of the way people look at that whole project.
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Use as directed Kamala Harris recently told a crowd in Orange county that I'm not going anywhere. That's because she was too drunk to drive.
Michael
That ongoing theme I continue to read the Jake Tapper Alex Thompson book at night. I haven't gotten to any stuff about Kamala yet. I'm not that far into the book. There's, there's that has to be One of the driving forces is that they didn't trust Kamala being president. Right?
Ryan Seacrest
Has to be. Yeah. I've seen quotes to that effect from the book, so I believe them to be there. So as I said earlier, I keep saying, okay, that's the end of this discussion about the book and Biden being senile and the rest of it. But the continued attempt to spin it by the authors is just too delicious to pass up. And the is particularly Jake Tapper. Alex Thompson, I think is a pretty straight shooter, but my favorite writers keep engaging and I can't pass it up like the brilliant Matt Taibi. Jake Tapper's Biden book is hilarious and insane is his headline. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's mass media apologia is leaps and bounds more demented than the book subject, Joe Biden. And then he talks about how he wasn't going to do it. He wasn't going to do it, but in a moment of late night weakness, he was reading from chapter one and talking about how it was all Joe Biden's fault. He screwed Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party and David Plough is all mad and the rest of he totally effed us. Holy catfish, Taibi writes. I thought from online buzz that original sin was a mea culpa. It would own the press's failures to cover Joe Biden's infirmity in a super belated blah blah blah. But original sin isn't that as you indicate, Jack, it's much crazier. Instead of a dreary and predictable book length excuse for thousands of media professionals simultaneously whiffing on the most obvious story in history, it's an ambitious Book length effort to absolve all concerned, pin an industry's coverage mistake on its president, drool cup subject. All while additionally swirling a new storm system of bull ass storylines. Key part, to delay more serious questions about things like who was president for four years.
Michael
Yeah, excellent point.
Ryan Seacrest
It's the opposite of a mea culpa. And the literary degree of difficulty is awesome. Equivalent to a blind unicyclist trying to juggle six chainsaws. Did Jake and Alex pull it off? They don't, but they sure leave a hell of a lot of blood on stage.
Michael
It's funny that it struck him the same way from page one. It's like it's dizzying.
Ryan Seacrest
What is happening here? What is this book? Right, right, right. Trying to thread that needle. The book's opening lines tell us we're supposed to be shocked by Biden's delusional state. And then he gets into some quotes from the book. Reading this, you may experience a memory double take. Wasn't the public told repeatedly that after last year's infamous debate that very little had changed? And these are all quotes from the mainstream media. There was less pull damage than expected and few of the results reflected a radically altered race. As NBC put it, didn't we see high profile polls telling us that it's a dead heat or Biden's in the lead, Blah blah, blah. There are less optimistic takes. But the idea that Joe Biden may have thought he had a chance is not that insane. Right after the debate because the polls had not really changed. Um, let's see. In the introduction, Tapper and Thompson explained theirs is a literary porridge. Not too whole hot, not too cold, but just right. Those who are convinced that Joe Biden was little more than a husk from the beginning, barely capable of stringing two sentences together, will not find support for that view. Here they write, those who assist he was unattled to the end are also just as wrong. Um, and then he goes into his own history writing for Rolling Stone, among others. Before the election, that Biden quote, on multiple occasions look close to grabbing prospective voters by their ears and speed eating their faces off. And often he looks around like he expects a thumb up for giving into his rage response. Just, just his terrible. And we, we described this at the time. He would go off on angry red face rants at voters or hold women's arms and pull them close for way too long. Just a mess. Anyway. Let's see. Da da da da da da da. Anyone who recalls this will find it very hard to Take the Tapper Thompson line. That Biden was fine at the start, but not at the end. And at some point in between his incapacity became obvious enough to be melting before our eyes. Not only so obvious that anyone but Biden could be blamed for lying about it. It hurts my brain to think about the math of that one. And anyway, he goes into some detail on that. There was one more.
Michael
Well, like I said, the page before chapter one, whatever you call that page, had some long Latin quote and then a big quote from Shakespeare. Like this was some sort of deep interesting psychological. Who saw this coming? Part of history and human nature. It's like get over your self importance. Explain to me why you didn't report on what everybody knew. But they don't do that.
Ryan Seacrest
No, no. And then, you know, final note, and this is in Matt's style quite long, but he talks about in the Dean Phillips chapter they blame Biden entirely for running again and they're not being a primary. But Taibbi writes Thompson and Tapper know well that the entire party vetoed the idea of an open primary. There's a long chapter titled Dean Phillips that chronicles weirdly and incompetently the ab which challenge was were excluded from any kind of primary process. Uh, though a lot of the worst shenanigans are left out, the two authors nev. Nonetheless note it was quote, it was machine style politics to ensure that Biden would be the nominee. Um, if the entire Democratic party apparatus went along with spiking a robust primary. How can it be all Biden who effed us by refusing to acknowledge his decay and quit? Yeah, it's. It is a fake job of, of accounting. It is going an inch toward accounting to avoid having to go the. The next 11 inches that would. Would really, you know, show the deal.
Michael
Coming up on a talk a little bit about Elon and the coverage and how angering it is. You said it a week ago, Michael. Nobody is going to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder. Nobody. They moved on to the NBA finals. They're just awaiting their opponent with a win by 30 points last night and they are unstoppable. They might be the first NBA champion that practically nobody could name a player on in NBA history at the end of this. Although there was an article the other day that the ratings are up quite a bit with the smaller markets. I. That defies logic. I don't know if that will last or not.
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Michael
Role as a special government employee coming to an end. Posting on X. I would like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.
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Michael
Trump administration, Musk breaking with the President on his massive spending bill, arguing it would undo their own efforts to shrink the federal government. Yeah, the reporting around Elon Musk stepping away from government and going back to his old life, which is incredible. His, his old life was incredible. It's amazing that he took on this giant task for a while, but the reporting on this has been driving me crazy. The combination of gloating over how little he accomplished, like that's something to be happy about. Right, but you're happy about it because it was somebody in Trump's orbit failing, even though it's going to ruin your kids lives.
Ryan Seacrest
Correct.
Michael
The combination of that and, and the dismissing, the dismissing the effort of what was accomplished, just. It makes me insane.
Ryan Seacrest
And still to be accomplished. Yeah.
Michael
First of all, here's Elon talking about the big beautiful bill.
Ryan Seacrest
You know, I was like disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And I don't reminds the work that the Doge team is doing. I actually thought that when this big beautiful bill came along, I mean like everything he's done on Doge gets wiped out in the first year, I think. I think a bill can be, can be, can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don't know if.
Michael
It could be both. So that clip struck me as while he, you know, he was disappointed in the bill, not nearly the way it was portrayed all day long yesterday before I finally heard it, his laughing or.
Ryan Seacrest
Musk breaks with Trump. Right, Criticizing.
Michael
Finally, the bromance is over. Yeah, it doesn't exactly sound like it to me, especially considering the fact that Elon tweeted out I really. Well, I can read the tweet to you if you want. As my scheduled time as special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The Doge mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government. Which is true to a certain extent as they've put a number of things in place. Uh, for instance, he mentions in that same interview from Sunday morning, there were all kinds of places in the government where spending automatically got signed off without any review whatsoever. You just submitted a bill and said Yeah, I need $5 million for this. And somebody just signed whatever had to be signed, and you got it without.
Ryan Seacrest
Any thinking about it whatsoever.
Michael
And that's why there's a long list of crazy crap. I almost dropped an S bomb. Crazy crap that money gets spent on. And that is now in place and will continue. Is it well short of the $2 trillion he was hoping to cut? Hell, yeah. Which is very disappointing to me. Should be disappointing to everyone.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, I know it. And what especially annoys me about the. The media, which is 90% half wits and liars anyway. But. And we all know it, but they criticize Doge bitterly. The activities of Doge, which is ongoing, again, bitterly, for, oh, the single mom is gonna lose her job, or these cuts could hurt people, blah, blah, blah. But then when Elon Musk breaks with Trump and criticizes the bill as not cutting enough spending. Now, Elon Musk, the great truth teller, we should listen to him, right?
Michael
That's.
Ryan Seacrest
I mean, my God, he's on the same side of the issue, but now you like him because he's, quote, unquote, broken with Trump. And we don't. I don't think we have Trump's sound. We should, but it's not here. He. He was asked about that. Elon Musk criticized the bill. He said, look, there's some stuff in the bill I love. There's some stuff I don't like so much. That's what happens with bills.
Michael
So Jonathan Turley tweeted out now that Elon Musk has returned to his businesses, that it's time to acknowledge his legacy in advancing space exploration, electric vehicles, free speech, and other public service. Trump should award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That's funny. I thought that driving to work today, he should absolutely give Elon the Presidential Medal of Freedom. If Obama gave it to Biden for being a vice president, then, yeah, Elon.
Ryan Seacrest
Can we wait for a couple of days after the pardoning of various scumbags that Trump did, just to give it a little more luster. Sorry.
Michael
Jonathan Turley goes on to say, Elon has been targeted and threatened for his work in the executive branch. That service cost him a fortune. It is time for the American people to express our gratitude for his contributions to our country and economy. He put a lot on the line and literally cost him a lot to try to take this on because he thought it was the right thing to do, because he thinks debt is such a threat. And they did carve out several hundred billion dollars. Again, it's a tiny amount compared to what we need to do. But that's not worth the effort. I mean, I just don't even understand the reasoning behind the attack.
Ryan Seacrest
Trump derangement syndrome. There is no reasoning except in as much as the emotional reasoning that most lefty journalists engage in, is there? Oh, my God. So you got a thousand unnecessary jobs. Cutting those jobs made people sad. Therefore it is bad because I don't have the capacity for logic. I think emotionally all the time.
Michael
Mark Halperin points out that the New York Times assigned five reporters to write about Elon's departure yesterday. And as he, as Halperin says, to try to drive a wedge between Trump and Elon because they love that. Some. For some reason.
Ryan Seacrest
How many reporters do they have on the absolutely brilliant guys who are continuing the Doge work, The guys who Brett Baer famously interviewed. We ran a bunch of audio from it. Who are doing God's work in your children and grandchildren's work, trying to rein in profligate government spending. New York Times. No interest in that. Of course. They're terrible.
Michael
Five reporters on that. As Halpern writes, it reads more like a Daily Mail piece than something serious, for one thing. But also points out there's not an insignificant number of sighs of relief from colleagues in the White House about Elon's departure, which I don't doubt a bit from a combination of he was getting more attention than me, just that sort of jealousy or making my department more difficult or whatever.
Ryan Seacrest
Change hall. He. He also has a very forceful, energetic way of going about his business, which is probably tough to take sometimes and also pretty incompatible with some of the realities of government. Well.
Tim the Lawyer
Right.
Ryan Seacrest
So I understand it was an uncomfortable fit.
Michael
That's true. But I don't understand the glee about that. So I'm watching MSNBC this morning, I flip it on and they're just. Once again, a businessman thinks he can come into Washington, D.C. and treat it like a business and Washington always wins. And Elon learned a lesson.
Ryan Seacrest
Are you.
Michael
You're so.
Ryan Seacrest
You're happy about that?
Michael
You're joyful about the fact that businessmen can't make a dent in the fact that we spend so much more money than we take in and we're going to become insolvent. That makes you happy somehow I don't get it.
Ryan Seacrest
You're stupid idiots and liars. What's not to get? Seriously? What's that? You don't get it? What's not to get? No, I understand. It's just a rhetorical way of pointing that out. Yeah, they're They're. Yeah. I. My contempt for them grow every day. It's. You know what, it's like a redwood tree. Just when I think it's as big as it could possibly get, I look out and it's five feet high.
Michael
I. I hope, I really hope that I do this most of the time in that I have some things I care about and believe and like when those causes get advanced and hate when they get set back regardless of who's involved.
Ryan Seacrest
I hope.
Michael
Because watching other people take glee in the destruction of the country, if it's the other team or, or helps my team, I, I don't understand that way of looking at the world.
Joe Getty
Yay.
Michael
We're gonna go insolvent.
Ryan Seacrest
They're stupid liars. He says again, they're unwise. They're fools. They're dumb bastards. They're beneath your contempt. That's why they think that way.
Michael
Maybe to and I hate them both.
Ryan Seacrest
That's not already clear. Just wanted to make sure.
Michael
Earlier you said you want to pound on their stupid heads.
Ryan Seacrest
That's correct. Yes. I remain desirous of that.
Michael
Yes, I want to pound on their stupid heads just to show that I'm not a Trump honk and supporting everything that is in the Trump orbit. I think it's great that a court says the President can't stretch some emergency power and change the tariff structure of the entire world on his own.
Ryan Seacrest
Of course, you didn't hear this. The. The Court of International Trade, which is a fairly obscure three judge court in America.
Michael
Here's how obscure. This is the reason I brought it back up.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
Michael
Byron York of the examiner writes, prior to today, the Court of International Trade's greatest tariff ruling was that the Snuggie is a blanket.
Ryan Seacrest
Yes.
Michael
Remember when they ruled on that the Snuggie is a blanket.
Ryan Seacrest
Right. The debate was is it a blanket or merely a backward robe?
Michael
Yes.
Ryan Seacrest
Anyway, so this court has said, no, you don't have emergency powers to just unilaterally declare all these tariffs. Now it goes to the Circuit Court of Appeals, then to the Supreme Court. So we'll have to see how it shakes out. But it's a major development.
Michael
Oh God. I remember this Snuggie phenomenon because my brother got one. He ordered one for someone. Do you remember the ads for the Snuggie? What was funny about it is it's a blanket with a hole in it so you can put your head through it. So is it a blanket or a poncho or whatever? I don't know why that became A point of contention for the international armholes too.
Ryan Seacrest
Right. I think just, I remember mine was, it was a backward robe.
Michael
Anyway, so their ad was, you know, satisfaction guaranteed, money back guaranteed if you're not satisfied. But we learned this when my brother got one for someone for Christmas. It shows up to your house in a box with nothing but the Snuggie in a box. There's no, like, return address, no information, no phone number, no nothing.
Ryan Seacrest
So how the hell are you gonna return the thing? Right? Right, Exactly. You'd have to spend hours and hours figuring out how to return your $58. I don't remember what they cost, but Snuggie, I'll tell you what, it was.
Michael
Worth it for our family Christmas that year. Everybody put it on and took a picture and, you know, great social media moment. Moment.
Ryan Seacrest
That's beautiful.
Michael
The Snuggie and all the people sitting on the couch looking so happy in it. In the commercials.
Ryan Seacrest
Still to come, your clever emails, including we asked for are we wrong about backing Ukraine? Are we wrong about Russia? Should not be our buddy.
Michael
I'm not.
Ryan Seacrest
We got some intriguing replies to that. Plus Tim Sandifer from the Goldwater Foundation. Indeed. Next hour to discuss various cases and causes for liberty.
Michael
Wow, this is quite an episode. Some episodes are, but this one very, very good. Stay tuned.
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Michael
A lot of good stuff coming up in hour three, including fan favorite Tim the Lawyer. So stay tuned.
Ryan Seacrest
Looking forward to that. Here's a little mailbag now. Normally we do this in hour one of the show, but we didn't have time so we thought we would do it now. You can drop us a line if you'd like. You'd like to register register your opinion. There's something we ought to be talking about. Send us an email mailbagarmstrongetti.com likewise, if you'd like immediate brief input, you can text us 415295KFTC. That's 415295KFTC. But to the email we go. First of all, I predicted cannibalism is right around the corner. AI and other factors. Oh oh, it was was because when China feels free or feels it necessary, they will turn off the power and the cell phone system and water and God knows what else because they have implanted their evil software in so many of our systems. And then inevitably, cannibalism.
Michael
My poor OCD 13 year old can't sleep at night sometimes because he's worried about AI. So I have to keep this talk to a minimum at home.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, plus AI. Anyway, so budding funniest emailer, Sean writes on the topic of cannibalism. Guys, I had 20 middle schoolers on a hiking field trip. He's a teacher, obviously, and I told him, quote, if I get the inkling we're lost, just the very hint we're lost, I start eating you guys, like, right away. I can't afford to wait to eat anyone because I'm only gonna get weaker from that point on. True. I mean, hey, that's fair warning. In the union is like, super strong.
Michael
That's pretty fun.
Ryan Seacrest
That's brilliant. Yeah.
Michael
Based on things we've talked about in the past, I think you could eat a child and not lose your job as a teacher.
Ryan Seacrest
It certainly in blue state school districts. Yeah, well, you can rape a child in New York, for instance, or molest them or what have you, and you're merely put in this weird limbo room. Anyway, on the topic of World War 3 DK rights, guys, what will happen if we initiate the military draft? How many men will declare that they are trans females and therefore not eligible to be drafted? Is it kind of like having bone spurs or asthma? It can get you out of this commitment now, but you may not have to suffer the consequences of your illness for your entire life because, poof, it's gone.
Michael
Changed my mind. 0 chance of a draft, so that helps eliminate the concern.
Ryan Seacrest
I should mention that we got a bunch of really interesting serious emails on the topic of Russia and Ukraine. Going to hit those hour three, hour four of the show.
Michael
Love that topic.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah, so stay tuned for that. This is lighter fare indeed, but nitpicking, writes John. How ironic that I choose you. I chastise you for saying nut picking instead of nitpicking. I guess he had in a previous email, which I couldn't find, since quibbling over such minutiae in the English language practically defines what nitpicking is. But you, sir, are an authority and future AI will pick up your mistakes and magnify them. Be therefore, justly diligent. Unless you intended that malapropism, ironically, in which case, never mind. Well, no, you're misunderstanding. Nut picking is a very different concept from nitpicking. Nitpicking is worrying about tiny little details that are not significant. Jack, would you like to explain what nut picking is?
Michael
Nut picking is taking somebody, usually from social media, but not always. But you take an extreme Example of the other side that you don't like and hold them up as this is what everybody on the other side is like and it's not completely fair. You take the craziest trans activist 23 year old video on Twitter and say, see, these people are nuts.
Ryan Seacrest
Well, those people are nuts.
Michael
That's picking a nut, right? And using it to blanket coverage of everyone with it.
Ryan Seacrest
Right? Exactly. That's nut picking. Anyway, Pam writes, woke is not over. Don't be fooled. I grew up in the East Bay, that's the San Francisco Bay area, went to Chico State, currently live in Vacaville, California. Have many liberal friends all over the the Bay area and Sacramento, the capital, who are absolutely still woke. In particular some friends of mine who live in. She mentions another suburb whose daughter decided to go by they them when she was about 10 years old.
Michael
Of course they did. Nobody, nobody told them. They completely came to that conclusion on their own.
Ryan Seacrest
Oh yeah, and whenever I refer to her, my friends correct me to refer to her as they. All my liberal friends still sign off their emails with she, her, hers, or he, him, his, or they them. I wish woke was over. Tired of walking on eggshells around my friends who explode if I misgender someone.
Michael
God, when I run into pronouns, I just, I shake my head. Wow, you're still doing that.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah. I can't decide whether I admire your loyalty to your friends, still being friends with them, Pam, or as a bit of a misanthrope. I think you need better friends, but that's up to you certainly. And then how much time do we have? Got a minute 30. A minute 30? Yeah. We've gotten a handful of people who love a lot of what Trump's doing pissed off and disappointed by the various pardons lately. Like these Crisley reality TV fraud merchant tax cheats.
Michael
Why did he pardon them?
Ryan Seacrest
Because their daughter is super Maga and and she and others donate a ton of money to Trump's PACs and campaigns.
Michael
She's also an incredibly hot blonde who spoke at the convention. Yes, that's kind of the Trump or thing, right? You know, she's got the look. She'll be in the cabinet someday.
Ryan Seacrest
So Anita writes, why on earth is Trump pardon the Chrisleys? They're stupid so called reality stars who an intelligent jury found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion. The husband should be the poster child for avoiding botox and plastic surgery. They've never expressed any remorse, maintained that they did not do it, but an intelligent jury did not believe them.
Michael
I agree with your being upset with this one. The Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot not as clear cut. There was a fair amount of leading drunken idiots along by the FBI.
Ryan Seacrest
A little entrappy for your taste?
Michael
Yeah, I'm not sure, but it's, it's, it's, it's more interesting than the one you just mentioned, certainly.
Ryan Seacrest
Pros and cons for continuing to support Ukraine. Plus Tim Sandifer from the Goldwater Foundation Next hour. If you don't get next hour, grab the podcast Armstrong Getty on Demand Armstrong.
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "Blood on the Stage" Episode Summary
Release Date: May 29, 2025
In the "Blood on the Stage" episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a range of pressing political and societal issues. The conversation interweaves current political investigations, media critiques, and listener interactions, providing a comprehensive analysis for listeners seeking in-depth commentary.
The episode opens with a discussion on a significant political development: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are preparing subpoenas related to former President Biden's administration. The focus is on Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's White House physician, and four key staffers concerning the use of the "auto pen" for signing pardons and executive orders.
Notable Quotes:
The hosts express skepticism about the investigation's potential to unearth substantial revelations, highlighting Chairman James Comer’s determination to expand the inquiry to include high-profile figures like First Lady Jill Biden and Hunter Biden if initial efforts yield insufficient information.
Michael [05:23]: "If they had Dr. Jill... that'd be pretty good."
The conversation shifts to a critical analysis of a book co-authored by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, which scrutinizes President Biden's leadership. The hosts dissect the authors' portrayal of Biden, arguing that the book presents a skewed narrative aimed at absolving the media of responsibility for perceived shortcomings in covering Biden's administration.
Notable Quotes:
Jack Armstrong praises Matt Taibbi’s review of the book, labeling it as "hilarious and insane," and criticizes the authors for what he perceives as a desperate effort to shift blame onto Biden for broader systemic issues within the Democratic Party.
Jack Armstrong [12:44]: "I find his writing really, really good, man."
Delving deeper into Matt Taibbi's critique, the hosts highlight how Taibbi dismisses the authors' arguments as convoluted and self-serving. Taibbi accuses Tapper and Thompson of lacking coherence and failing to effectively support their claims against Biden, ultimately leaving "a hell of a lot of blood on stage."
Notable Quotes:
The discussion underscores the perceived disconnect between the book's intentions and its execution, suggesting that the authors have overcomplicated their narrative without substantial evidence.
The episode transitions to Elon Musk’s decision to step down from his role as a special government employee. The hosts critique the media's handling of Musk's departure, arguing that coverage is biased and fails to acknowledge Musk's contributions to public service and government efficiency.
Notable Quotes:
The hosts express frustration with media outlets dedicating excessive resources to Musk’s exit, suggesting that such focus distracts from more substantive governmental issues like fiscal responsibility and budget deficits.
Michael [32:34]: "Why did he pardon them?"
In the latter part of the episode, Armstrong and Getty engage with listener emails tackling a variety of topics:
Cannibalism and Survival: A humorous yet dark take on survival scenarios.
Notable Quotes:
AI Fears: Concerns about artificial intelligence and its impact on daily life and employment.
Notable Quotes:
Pronoun Usage and Woke Culture: Discussions on the challenges of navigating modern linguistic sensitivities.
Notable Quotes:
Pardons and Political Accountability: Criticism of former President Trump's pardoning of convicted individuals, questioning the motivations behind these actions.
Notable Quotes:
The mailbag segment showcases the hosts' unabashedly candid and often provocative responses, fostering a dynamic and engaging listener-host interaction.
"Blood on the Stage" offers a robust examination of current political controversies, media representations, and societal issues. Through incisive commentary and spirited discussions, Armstrong and Getty provide listeners with a critical lens on pressing matters, encouraging them to question mainstream narratives and engage in thoughtful discourse.
Notable Quotes Summary:
This episode underscores the hosts' commitment to dissecting intricate political maneuvers and media narratives, offering listeners a platform for critical engagement and reflection.